Business & Politics
India to be a Major Defence Partner of the United ...
December 15, 2016
In pursuit of enhanced collaboration, the United States bestowed the privileged status of ’Major Defence Partner’ on India. The status was accorded by outgoing United States Secretary of Defence, Ashton Carter, after a week-long visit to India.
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India to test Agni V; Beijing within range
December 14, 2016
India will be testing its latest Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) today, which reportedly is capable of targeting locations as distant as northern China.
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India-Indonesia talks emphasise on fight against t...
December 13, 2016
The meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo gave importance to defence and security ties among other aspects in a bid to fight terrorism.
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Industrial workers in India to get cashless paymen...
December 13, 2016
As India is witnessing a spurt in digital payments after high-denomination currency notes were discontinued in early November this year, the government has now made it obligatory for contractors and employers to pay industrial workers through cheques or any other form of cashless...
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AgustaWestland Bribery Scandal: Ex-Indian Air Forc...
December 12, 2016
Former Air Force Chief, Shashindra Pal Tyagi, was arrested for his alleged involvement in a INR 4.5 billion AgustaWestland bribery case in procurement of 12 AW101 VVIP helicopters. He, along with his cousin, was sent to four-day Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody this ...
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Reserve Bank of India leaves repo rate untouched
December 8, 2016
Much against the popular expectation, the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday chose not cut the repo rate. It was left untouched at 6.25 pc.
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Modi led TIME readers’ online poll
December 6, 2016
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the TIME magazine ‘Person of the Year’ reader’s online poll. But the US elect-president Donald Trump was ultimately chosen as the ‘Person of the Year’ by the US magazine’s editors, who had picked Modi in 2014.
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The legend of Jayalalithaa
December 6, 2016
Jayalaltihaa Jayaram, 68, the actress-turned-politician who held the chief minister's office for four terms in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, died on December 5, suffering a cardiac arrest.
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New Delhi set to implement action plan to fight po...
December 3, 2016
After New Delhi witnessed severe rising pollution levels this year, the Supreme Court of India showed a green signal Friday for taking forward an action plan aimed at establishing measures to tackle air pollution in the capital.
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Ola aiming at 1 million electronic cars fleet in I...
December 3, 2016
Ola, a major cab-hailing company in India, may introduce a fleet of one million electric cars, SoftBank Group chairman Masayoshi Son revealed.
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